Apple, Cisco team up with insurance companies to offer cyber policy discounts

(Reuters) – Apple Inc and Cisco Systems Inc have teamed up with insurer Allianz SE to offer discounts on cyber insurance to companies that primarily use gear from each know-how companies, they stated on Monday.

The association, which additionally consists of insurance dealer Aon Plc, will assist companies fortify their cyber safety defenses and make them eligible to rating extra favorable phrases for cyber protection, corresponding to decrease or no deductibles, alongside with help providers within the occasion of assault, the companies stated.

“The key here is a holistic approach to cyber,” Jason Hogg, chief government officer of Aon Cyber Solutions, which helped develop the product, stated in an interview.

The providing helps to streamline cyber safety for companies, which Hogg stated are sometimes addressed in a “siloed manner,” with everybody from know-how employees to authorized departments enjoying separate roles.

Cyber protection is a mounting concern for companies worldwide as hackers more and more take purpose at their know-how techniques. Cyber crime insurance, as soon as a little-known product, has gained traction as hacks involving giant companies akin to Equifax Inc and Target Corp have turn into extra pricey and commonplace.

FILE PHOTO – The Cisco Systems emblem is seen as a part of a show on the Microsoft Ignite know-how convention in Chicago, Illinois, May four, 2015. REUTERS/Jim Young/File Photo

U.S. cyber safety premiums totaled $1.35 billion in 2016, in accordance to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. That is a sliver of the $244.9 billion in complete premiums for U.S. business line insurers, however a rising market through which insurers try to distinguish themselves.

Apple CEO Tim Cook stated in June that his firm and Cisco have been collaborating to get cyber insurance discounts for companies utilizing their merchandise. He stated the mixture of drugs from the 2 companies was safer than competing know-how.

Long recognized for its shopper units, Apple has embraced enterprise customers in recent times, including further security measures to its iPhones and iPads. In 2015, Cook stated Apple was producing no less than $25 billion a yr in gross sales to companies.

The new providing begins with a cyber safety analysis by Aon, the companies stated. Businesses utilizing Cisco Ransomware Defense malware-blocking software program and sure Apple units can then apply for particular cyber insurance by way of the specialty strains unit of Allianz SE, the companies stated.

Policyholders which might be victims of a cyber assault will obtain help providers from both Cisco or Aon, the companies stated.

Reporting by Suzanne Barlyn in New York; Additional reporting by Stephen Nellis in San Francisco; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn

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